Bible: Jonah 3:4-9

3:4When Jonahbeganto enterthe cityoneday’swalk, he announced, “At the end of fortydays,1Ninevehwill be overthrown!”2

3:5The people3of Ninevehbelievedin God,4and they declareda fastand put onsackcloth, from the greatestto the leastof them.53:6Whenthe news6reachedthe kingof Nineveh, he gotup from his throne, took offhis royal robe, put onsackcloth, and satonashes.3:7He issued a proclamationand said,7 “In Nineveh, by the decreeof the kingand his nobles: Nohumanor animal, cattleor sheep, is to tasteanything; they mustnoteat and they must notdrinkwater.3:8Every personand animalmust put on sackclothand must cryearnestly8toGod, and everyone9must turnfrom their10 evilwayof living11 and fromthe violencethatthey do.123:9Whoknows?13 Perhaps Godmight be willing to changehis mindand relent14and turnfrom his fierceanger15so that we might notdie.”16